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mèi

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mèi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mèi | mei4
English translation
to conceal
dark
dark, hidden, obscure

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About mèi

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

mèi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of mèi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日未

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

wèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and wèi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using mèi

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gǎn chuāi 冒昧 mào mèi de shuì , shì 不会 bù huì Cóng 这种 zhè zhǒng 交往 jiāowǎng shǎng 有所 yǒu suǒ 收获 shōuhuò de .

I will venture to say that she cannot gain by the acquaintance.

Néng 冒昧 mào mèi wèn 一下 yīxià nín 所在 suǒ zài de 确切 quèqiè 位置 wèizhi

Would it be impertinent to ask where exactly you were?

现在 xiànzài jiù 判断 pànduàn 结果 jiēguǒ 将会 jiāng huì 怎样 zěn yàng 未免 wèimiǎn 有些 yǒu xiē 冒昧 mào mèi

It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.

kān de 眼神 yǎnshén 总是 zǒngshì 那么 nà me 暧昧 àimèi

His eyes were always so vague when he looked at her.

Words with mèi

Explore 15 words and sayings that include the Chinese character mèi in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
暧昧 àimèi vague曖昧
冒昧 mào mèi bold冒昧 mào mèi
愚昧 yúmèi ignorant愚昧 yúmèi
mèi dark mèi
暧昧关系 aì mèi guān xì affair曖昧關係
愚昧无知 yú mèi wú zhī stupid and ignorant (idiom)愚昧無知
素昧平生 sù mèi píng shēng a complete stranger素昧平生 sù mèi píng shēng
拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi
蒙昧 méng mèi uncultured蒙昧 méng mèi
三昧 sān mèi Samadhi (Buddhist term)三昧 sān mèi
昧心 mèi xīn against one's conscience昧心 mèi xīn
昧良心 mèi liáng xīn it goes against one's conscience昧良心 mèi liáng xīn
不揣冒昧 bù chuǎi mào mèi to venture to不揣冒昧 bù chuǎi mào mèi
蒙昧无知 méng mèi wú zhī ignorant蒙昧無知
瞒心昧己 mán xīn mèi jǐ to blot out one's conscience瞞心昧己

mèi Decomposition & Compounds

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mèi Decomposition

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